just started potty training

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I'm right there with you. We're going on week 3 and I am about ready to pull my hair out. The pull ups website is actually a pretty good resource. I heard so much about "potty train in 3 daysv that I got my hopes up. According to pull ups the average time to potty train is 8 months! 😭 at least I know my kid isn't crazy or broken for not being trained yet 😝.

You might get more feedback if you include what your plan is and how your little girl is doing.

My son turns 2 next month. He is very good about knowing what to do on the potty, he isn't afraid of it, and he's good at pulling on and off his underwear. At home he it's either wearing underwear or going nudey (except naps). When we leave the house it's usually back in a diaper, or if it is a short trip, underwear with a cloth diaper over it to contain leaks. However, he never tells me when he has to go and he has no qualms against sitting in wet clothes. Sometimes he doesn't even notice he had an accident 😩

I'm right there with you. We're going on week 3 and I am about ready ...

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12/07/2016

I'm right there with you. We're going on week 3 and I am about ready to pull my hair out. The pull ups website is actually a pretty good resource. I heard so much about "potty train in 3 daysv that I got my hopes up. According to pull ups the average time to potty train is 8 months! 😭 at least I know my kid isn't crazy or broken for not being trained yet 😝.

You might get more feedback if you include what your plan is and how your little girl is doing.

My son turns 2 next month. He is very good about knowing what to do on the potty, he isn't afraid of it, and he's good at pulling on and off his underwear. At home he it's either wearing underwear or going nudey (except naps). When we leave the house it's usually back in a diaper, or if it is a short trip, underwear with a cloth diaper over it to contain leaks. However, he never tells me when he has to go and he has no qualms against sitting in wet clothes. Sometimes he doesn't even notice he had an accident 😩

Good luck!

Because pull ups are just expensive diapers. That's why. I train in underwear only and have much quicker success. Of course they want you to buy their product longer. They get more money that way.

Do you know how long it takes without pull ups? We're almost a month in (...

Posted
12/07/2016

Do you know how long it takes without pull ups? We're almost a month in (and I never use pull ups) and while he is having lots of success, it looks like he's nowhere near done.

It has taken up to 2 months for self initiation before. Until then I just take on a schedule. My last trained at 17 months. My others were early too. We don't use diapers ever again though once we're serious. We nap and night train at the same time.

Bookmarking and following. I might make a new separate post because my situation is a little different. My DD (dear daughter) is 39 months old. We tried to potty train her when she was 27 months old, almost exactly a year ago. We decided not to use pulls ups and go straight to underwear. Last December she would have accidents in her underwear multiple times a day and did not seem to be aware of the process. We decided to put the training on hold. We have tried every two months and had very minimal success. She has peed a total of 3 times in the potty since we started last December. Since the beginning of summer she has started holding it every time we start to train again. She no longer had accidents but would start to go hours without peeing. Of course I'm worried about UTIs and infections because she can and will hold it for more than 8 hours. Again each time, we attempted to train for 2-3 days and then give up. We didn't want to pressure her. She has shown a sultry full control of her bladder and if she has a diaper on she can pee on command. I can even go out without diapers because she refuses to pee in underwear and she will hold it until we get home. (If I know we will be out for more than 4 hours, I will put a diaper on her)

We started training again yesterday and she absolutely refuses to pee in the potty or in the toilet with the potty seat. She will let us know that she has to pee and beg and plead for her diaper. I can somehow convince her to sit and try to pee in the potty. I will offer endless bribes and prizes. I never scold her or yell at her. She will not pee in the potty. Tonight she sat on the potty for two hours, telling me she will pee in the potty, before she finally decided she couldn't take it anymore and screamed and cried for her diaper. I gave in because I did not want her to associate the potty with tears and crying. I am so desperate for advice. I don't know what to do. She has full control of her bladder but she will not pee in the potty. If she doesn't have a diaper, she will endlessly hold it. We've read books, watched movies, started a reward system, etc. I've tried seemingly everything. I am really hoping I could get some advice here.

Rule # 1: don't give up.
Rule # 2: panties.
Rule # 3: Figure out how to get them on the toilet at regular, reasonable intervals. Bribery is fine. --DD would do anything for M&Ms. I tell DD (dear daughter) that she doesn't have to go but she does have to sit.
--What works one day, may not work the next. Think of it as an opportunity to be creative. Be patient. Breathe. Your kid will be potty trained.

--It took us 6 weeks to be day and night PTd. Every child is different. I believe no one that says they PTd in 3 days.

Bookmarking and following. I might make a new separate post because my situat...

Posted
12/07/2016

Bookmarking and following. I might make a new separate post because my situation is a little different. My DD is 39 months old. We tried to potty train her when she was 27 months old, almost exactly a year ago. We decided not to use pulls ups and go straight to underwear. Last December she would have accidents in her underwear multiple times a day and did not seem to be aware of the process. We decided to put the training on hold. We have tried every two months and had very minimal success. She has peed a total of 3 times in the potty since we started last December. Since the beginning of summer she has started holding it every time we start to train again. She no longer had accidents but would start to go hours without peeing. Of course I'm worried about UTIs and infections because she can and will hold it for more than 8 hours. Again each time, we attempted to train for 2-3 days and then give up. We didn't want to pressure her. She has shown a sultry full control of her bladder and if she has a diaper on she can pee on command. I can even go out without diapers because she refuses to pee in underwear and she will hold it until we get home. (If I know we will be out for more than 4 hours, I will put a diaper on her)
We started training again yesterday and she absolutely refuses to pee in the potty or in the toilet with the potty seat. She will let us know that she has to pee and beg and plead for her diaper. I can somehow convince her to sit and try to pee in the potty. I will offer endless bribes and prizes. I never scold her or yell at her. She will not pee in the potty. Tonight she sat on the potty for two hours, telling me she will pee in the potty, before she finally decided she couldn't take it anymore and screamed and cried for her diaper. I gave in because I did not want her to associate the potty with tears and crying. I am so desperate for advice. I don't know what to do. She has full control of her bladder but she will not pee in the potty. If she doesn't have a diaper, she will endlessly hold it. We've read books, watched movies, started a reward system, etc. I've tried seemingly everything. I am really hoping I could get some advice here.

You say she will pee on command in a diaper, can you get her to pee in her diaper while sitting on the toilet? I've heard this technique for kids who don't want to poop on the potty. Once she's comfortable doing that, have her pee on the potty wearing a diaper with a hole in it. It makes more sense with poop, but getting her used to hearing the *tinkle tinkle* sound should help her get comfortable going outside of a diaper. Good luck!

OTA_2008 and MerrieMommy, what did night training look like for you? My lo wa...

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12/07/2016

OTA_2008 and MerrieMommy, what did night training look like for you? My lo wakes up with avery full diaper in the morning but I would love to do both at once.

I limit drinks before bed, only a few sips of water. Then take to the bathroom right before bed, then again in their sleep around midnight and right upon waking for a few weeks. Then after a few weeks I phase out the midnight trip. Mine sleep in underwear too. I just protect the mattress just in case. Mine rarely have accidents with this method and it's been successful.

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